A&M 3131Mary Behner Christopher, Missionary, Papers, 1928-1937 A&M 3131Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:21:59 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Mary Behner Christopher, Missionary, Papers Christopher, Mary Behner A&M 3131 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1365 0.94 Linear Feet Summary: 11 1/4 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (5 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each) 1928-1937 The microfilm collection contains 10 diaries and inserted supplementary letters, clippings, and photographs kept by Presbyterian missionary Mary Behner during her years as the first director of The Shack, a settlement house in the Scotts Run Area of Monongalia County. In addition to the microfilm, there is an addendum to this collection dating from 2006. It includes a photograph album kept by Anna Santore DeLancy, who was a Sunday School teacher at the Shack, a Presbyterian neighborhood house operating in Pursglove, West Virginia. Anna was the recreation director after the founder Mary Behner Christopher left in 1938. The photographs document the people and activities of the Shack in the 1930s. There is also correspondence between Bettijane Burger and people who knew Mary Behner Christopher, and clippings regarding the history of the Shack, among other material. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Arthurdale (W. Va.) Monongalia County (W. Va.) Pursglove (W.Va.) Scotts Run (W. Va.) Churches -- Presbyterian and Reformed Church buildings Clergy Coal miners' spouses Coal miners Coal mining families. Depression. Diaries and journals. Missionaries New Deal, 1933-1939 Pursglove, Monongalia County - Teachers Schools Scotts Run Settlement House Westminster Girls' Club Behner, Esther. Behner, Frederick G. Brooks, Peggy. Christopher, Mary Behner Dodds, Gideon S. Edgell, Frank. French, Peggy. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 Mountaineer Mining Mission (Monongalia County, W. Va.)